ORLANDO, Fla. – Entering the final weekend of the 2021 campaign, the UCF baseball team will host Houston for four games at John Euliano Park starting Thursday.
Due to the American Athletic Conference Tournament starting next week, the series will open on Thursday with a doubleheader slated to start at 2 p.m. Friday will start at 6 p.m., and the series finale will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Marc Daniels will have the call on ESPN+ and FM96.9/AM740 The Game.
On Friday, the Knights will honor their seniors, Jordan Rathbone, AJ Jones, Kenny Serwa, and Joe Skinner in a pregame ceremony.
GAME 1 – Thursday, 2 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
Hunter Patteson LHP (2-2, 5.48 ERA) vs. LHP – Robert Gasser (6-5, 2.48 ERA)
GAME 2 – Thursday, DH | WATCH | LIVE STATS
TBD vs. LHP – Ben Sears (2-3, 5.79 ERA)
GAME 3 – Friday, 6 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
Jack Sinclair RHP (4-5, 5.37 ERA) vs. RHP – Carter Henry (2-4, 6.21 ERA)
Game 4 – Saturday, 4 p.m. | WATCH | LIVE STATS
Kenny Serwa – RHP (2-4, 6.75 ERA) vs. TBD
NOTABLES
- UCF trails in the all-time series 24-30 and are 6-4 in the last 10 meetings with Houston.
- Three Knights have hit 10+ home runs so far this year, Jordan Rathbone (13), Ben McCabe (12), Josh Crouch (10).
- McCabe leads The American with 54 RBI on the year, 19th in NCAA
- Gephry Pena leads the AAC in stolen bases with 24 – ranks 11th in NCAA.
- A four-game series sweep would mean a .500 record on the 2021 season for the Black and Gold.
- In the last three appearances (two starts) for Hunter Patteson, the lefty has thrown 13.2 innings and struck out a team high 20 batters.
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